Thalassemians & Z&H Events Presents ludo tournament for fundraising for Thalassemians who helps needy thalassemia patients around Pakistan.
Where you will be competing with corporates and celebrities
Blood donation camp will also be there
Date: 17th May 2015 Sunday
Venue: Regent Plaza Hotel Karachi
Registration fee : PKR 800/- per entry
Snacks will be included.
Time : 01pm - 09pm

Sponsorships and donations most welcome

For more details : Text , Call or Whatsapp : 0333-3377002

Rehan bhai, me and some people at Fast University lahore are going to host a social welfare and fundraising event in Fast University on December 7th. 3 main agendas will be on our panel of discussions (Education For All, Acid Attack Victims and Transgender Community). These talks will be given by famous people working towards the betterment of society. We also have Mr. Umair Jalianwala giving his talk on Education for All. In the evening, there will be a sufi performance since its a fundraising event. The ticket for the event is just of 500 rs. Not only do I cordially invite you to our event but also respectfully request you to share this information with your followers so we can have more audience working towards betterment of the community.

souls of india and Pakistan

Souls of India and Pakistan is a peace project aimed at bringing unity and harmony between the two countries.
We aim at building lasting pairs of friendships by organizing events, discussions and fests both online and offline. We have a wing for creating social awareness through online media and one wing for organizing competition and events for ice breakers. We are making a video library of personal anecdotes from people of both the sides.
We need volunteers to help us with graphic designing, content writing, video making and shooting, fundraising, marketing, research and analysis and public relation managing.

Okay, so basically how we are different is that we are not just creating awareness and writing poems.
We are doing competitions, events, discussions
Our website will have a news feed, a suggest friend option, community groups, weekly competitions like photography, Instagram contests,
All of which will have a team , with equal number from India and Pakistan.
We will be making the class 12 students participate in case study competitions, in teams, with good prize money, so that they break the ice, and work together.
Our aim is 2000 pairs of friendships across the borders

There is also a humans of new york type concept where we shoot a videi of an Indian and Pakistani and merge them, as in they speak sentences alternatively, and theres a strong caption with it.
New ideas are welcome,
And very soon we can divide the work into departments.

Contact Kanishk Saraogi if you are interested

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Aligarh Muslim University in 1875 to modernize Indian Muslims education and promote social reform .

Challenges he faced:
Religious orthodoxy: Critics feared that Western education would erode Islamic values .
Financial constraints: Fundraising was difficult due to controversy surrounding his ideas .
Political opposition: Indian nationalists saw his efforts as promoting separatism and loyalty to the British government .
Resistance from the British: Some officials initially doubted Sir Syeds intentions .

Despite these challenges, Aligarh Muslim University became a prominent institution for higher education in India .

#SirSyedAhmadKhan #AligarhMuslimUniversity #EducationReform #IndianMuslims #ModernEducation

The Association of Related Churches (ARC) is a network dedicated to supporting church planters by providing resources, training, and funding. Their funding model is based on generosity rather than equity stakes; they offer matching funds up to $100,000 as no-interest loans to new churches, which are repaid to support future church plants.  

In Silicon Valley, ARC has collaborated with tech entrepreneurs like Vance Roush, founder of Overflow—a startup enabling non-cash asset donations such as stocks and cryptocurrencies to churches and nonprofits. Roush, also a pastor, authored “High-Growth Fundraising the Silicon Valley Way,” providing strategies for modern fundraising. 

Additionally, Sequoia Capital, a prominent venture capital firm, launched Arc, a program offering $1 million in funding and mentorship to early-stage startups, reflecting Silicon Valley’s innovative financing approaches. 

These initiatives highlight the intersection of church planting and Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial spirit, fostering innovative funding models and resource-sharing to expand community impact. 

How Y Combinator Works: The World’s Most Influential Startup School

Few organizations have influenced the startup world more than Y Combinator⁠. Founded in 2005 by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, and Trevor Blackwell, YC has funded more than 5,000 startups. Companies such as Airbnb⁠, Stripe⁠, DoorDash⁠, Reddit⁠, and Dropbox⁠ all began there.

YC is not just an investor. It functions like a three-month startup school, coach, mentor, and network all combined.

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What Does Y Combinator Actually Do?

Think of YC as a mixture of:

* Harvard Business School for startups.
* A gym with world-class coaches.
* A family of thousands of founders.
* A venture capital firm.

Its mission is simple:

Help founders build companies people want.

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Step 1: Selecting Founders

Every six months, thousands of startups apply.

YC looks less at ideas and more at:

1. Exceptional founders

People who are:

* Smart.
* Hard-working.
* Curious.
* Able to learn quickly.
* Obsessed with solving problems.

2. Team quality

They prefer:

* 2–3 founders.
* People who know each other well.
* Technical founders who can build.

3. Ability to execute

They ask:

* Have you built anything?
* Do users love it?
* Can you move quickly?

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Step 2: Investment

YC invests:

* $500,000 into each startup.

The deal consists of:

$125,000

For 7% equity.

$375,000

Through an uncapped SAFE note.

The founders immediately receive money so they can focus full-time on building.

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Step 3: The Startup School Begins

YC runs two batches every year:

* Winter Batch.
* Summer Batch.

The program lasts around three months.

Founders move extremely fast.

Their motto is:

Build something people want.

Everything revolves around customers.

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Step 4: Weekly Group Meetings

Each startup is assigned partners who have built successful companies themselves.

Examples include:

* Garry Tan.
* Sam Altman.
* Founders from successful YC companies.

Every week founders discuss:

* Revenue.
* Users.
* Problems.
* Hiring.
* Product decisions.
* Fundraising.

Partners challenge founders continuously.

Questions often include:

* Why are users leaving?
* What do customers actually want?
* Why haven’t you launched?
* Why are you doing things that don’t matter?

The partners act like coaches rather than bosses.

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Step 5: Office Hours

One-on-one meetings are called “office hours.”

This is where founders receive personal coaching.

Topics include:

Product

* What should we build?
* Which feature matters most?

Sales

* How do we acquire customers?

Hiring

* When should we hire?

Pricing

* Are we charging enough?

Fundraising

* How much should we raise?

Office hours are brutally honest.

Partners care more about truth than politeness.

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Step 6: Talk to Users

YC constantly repeats:

Talk to users.

Founders are expected to:

* Call customers.
* Interview customers.
* Watch customers use the product.
* Understand frustrations.

Many founders discover that their original ideas are wrong.

YC encourages changing direction quickly.

This process is called:

Pivoting

Examples:

Airbnb

Initially struggled because nobody wanted to rent strangers’ homes.

The founders personally visited hosts, took better photographs, and improved listings.

Those small actions changed the company.

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Step 7: Build Fast

YC teaches:

Launch early.

Not perfect.

Not beautiful.

Not complete.

Just launch.

Founders are told:

If you’re not embarrassed by your first version, you launched too late.

The emphasis is speed.

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Step 8: Growth

Once users love the product, YC helps founders scale.

Topics include:

* Marketing.
* Pricing.
* Sales.
* Retention.
* Hiring.
* Culture.

They measure:

Revenue growth

Week by week.

A startup growing 10% weekly is considered extremely healthy.

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Step 9: Guest Speakers

Founders hear directly from world-class entrepreneurs.

Past speakers include:

* Brian Chesky.
* Patrick Collison.
* Mark Zuckerberg.
* Elon Musk.
* Sam Altman.

These sessions are practical, focusing on:

* Mistakes.
* Growth.
* Leadership.
* Fundraising.
* Hiring.

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Step 10: Demo Day

At the end of the program, startups present to hundreds of investors.

Each company gives a short pitch.

Investors from around the world attend.

Many startups raise millions shortly afterward.

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Life After YC

The greatest value of YC is not money.

It is the network.

Founders gain access to:

* Thousands of alumni.
* Investors.
* Customers.
* Recruiters.
* Future co-founders.

A founder from Pakistan can ask a founder from Silicon Valley for advice within minutes.

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The YC Philosophy

YC repeatedly teaches a few simple ideas:

Build something people want.

Talk to users.

Launch quickly.

Keep costs low.

Focus on one thing.

Growth solves many problems.

Founders should stay close to customers.

Small teams beat large teams.

Execution matters more than ideas.

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How Rehan School Could Learn From Y Combinator

Instead of treating students like traditional students, they could be treated like startup founders.

Year 1

* Find problems.
* Learn AI tools.
* Interview 100 people.

Year 2

* Build products.
* Acquire first customers.
* Earn first revenue.

Year 3

* Grow revenue.
* Build teams.
* Learn leadership.

Year 4

* Raise investment.
* Launch startups.

Weekly “Founder Office Hours” with mentors could replace much of traditional education.

The biggest lesson from Y Combinator is not technology or venture capital.

It is their belief that extraordinary companies are created by ordinary people who move quickly, listen to users, and improve continuously.

We can’t just stand by and not do anything to help the innocent people of Syria any longer. Between now and the sixth anniversary of the war in Syria on the 15th March, Postcards For Peace is asking people from all over the world to join us by reaching out to Syria in a very easy and simple way.

We are asking everyone to create hand prints or to draw around their hands and to post a picture on social media or send it to us a photograph. The plan is to get enough hands printed that, if they could be laid side by side, they would create a human chain of hands that would reach from the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to Aleppo in Syria. We estimate that it would take 10 million pairs of hands to create this bridge.

We are also be asking celebrities to take part and send us their prints so that we can hold an fundraising exhibition and auction to raise money for charity. Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon & Yoko Ono) has already sent us his design. Our chosen charities are: Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), RefuAid and Samaras Aid Appeal. Postcards For Peace will also keep a small percentage of donations to help fund our education projects.

Visit www.reachouttosyria.com for more information and details about how you can get involved. We would be very grateful if you could share the campaign far and wide, get everyone you know involved. Lets show the people of Syria that we care.

www.reachouttosyria.com
#reachouttosyria

I am Daniel Priestley

I life’s goal is to Develop entrepreneurs to stand out, scale up and make a dent in the inverse.... 10,000 of them who each do a minimum of £10k a year of active fundraising.

You want to join me ?

Start with my book Key Person of Influence

Im pleased to share that Sabina Zafar, currently, the Vice Mayor of San Ramon is running for the Mayor of San Ramon in November 2020.

She is the first Asian American elected to San Ramon City Council and a woman leader in technology and advisor to multiple startups. She has brought innovative & thoughtful leadership, focusing on community and inclusiveness to the San Ramon Council.

I am asking you today to join me in raising vital “early seed money” for the successful launch of her campaign. One of the first milestones in our fundraising is June, 30th.

I humbly ask you to join me in supporting Sabina for Mayor and donate at https://www.sabinazafar.org/donate before the June 30th deadline.

I was born & brought up in Karachi. Earned my BBA and MBA degree from IBA Karachi after which I worked in financial services for several years during which I spent most of my time at ORIX Leasing Pakistan Ltd, a Japanese owned company. I was mostly on the business side engaged in Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Communications, Credit Risk etc. I was heading their Corporate Communications when I migrated to Toronto. There I worked in the financial services also and on the business side. In 2017, I became independent business consultant working with SMEs helping them in getting funding and financing for their various business needs. I also consulted on different other areas. My customers were predominantly immigrant run small businesses.

Recently I moved back to Pakistan to be with my ageing parents as they needed me around at this age and stage of their life. I am now in the process of settling down and looking for an appropriate work opportunity.

I have deep interest in culture, music, performing arts, history, heritage, poetry and literature. I established a music forum called Sur Sangum that was converted to a nonprofit in Toronto few years ago. Between 2015-20, I curated and put together over 40 performances & events. Together with a couple of friends I established Canada chapter of Pakistan based Hunar Foundation and we raised around CAD $400K for them through different fundraising activities between 2018-19. I am also on the Board of a charity called Friends of the Museums of Mississauga that supports heritage of Mississauga city. I served on the Board of IBA Alumni Canada Chapter for a two year term 2017-19. Currently I am also on the Executive Council of All Pakistan Music Conference Karachi as well as active member of Joy of Urdu. Prior to migrating to Canada, I actively volunteered with Tehzeeb Foundation, Karachi Relief Trust, The Citizens Foundation, Tehrik e Niswan and Sampurna.

I am Junaid Zuberi connect with me to collaborate, learn or if you seek guidance to do similar work in the world !